Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-15

IUIlit Oh Une wagon, HHCh
without a word being said there was loud
report, a fash of light from behind, and
Loller pitched over the front wheel with a
frightful wound in his head. Young
Arner frightened and dazed by the bloody
tragedy turned upon his late companion
who was coolly pointing the still smoking
gun at him, graspedt it by the muzzle he
cried For God sake don't kill me-
Young Arner said he did not know if
Mosier intended to kill him or not. He
seemed to want to kill me and didn't want
to either" In the meanwhile the team
was going on and the two boys were in the
wagon, Amer struggling to keep
Mosier from killing him, and
the latter apparently to keep possession of
the gun At last the weapon was discharg-
ed without doing any injury. AS soon as
this was done Arner instead Of assisting
the young criminal to make away with the
team as he promised, leaped from the
wagon and ran back to where Lawler was
lying in the trail on his back, his head in a
pool of blood He lifted him up and said,
Dick are you deads" but he got no reply.
He was dead and must have been killed
almoet instantly.
Mosier as soon as his companion sprang
from the wagon stopped the team, unhar-
messed the gray, leaving the other hitched
to the wagon, mounted it and fed. First
he stopped at the residence of
Thomas Storey to inquire the
way to Anthony Being directed he start
ed off at full speed stopping at Black
burns ranch to exchange his tired horse
for another on a plea that a man had been
shot and that he was g9ng for medical as
sistance. He pushed on rapidly and soon
reached his home at Anthony Young
Arner in the meantime had started On foot
over the prairie and reached Storey's place
completely exhausted from the terrible
fright and nervous strain, not more than
five minutes after Mosier had left it.
The next day, Friday, the MUIR
derer was captured in cornfield
by Sheriff Crouch of Harper county
The officer commanded him three times to
halt and at last when he did stop running
the fugitive fell at the feet Of his pursuers
begging them to kill him. He was
brought here for confinement in the county
jail Saturday, where he has remained ever
since.
he hlSb dShctt Is
what motive could he have had for such a
crime Against his victim, a man of 80,
who a Short time before had moved to An
thOny he had no i'll feeling and as far as is
known they had lived on the most friendly
terms. According to Mosier's own con-
fession he had been hired to murder Law
Ter for 500 to be paid him by Mrs LAWYER,
the young wife of the murdered man.
He further stated that he was to deliver to
the woman as the evidence of the commits
sion Of the crime the dead mans watch
upon the platform Of the Fort Scott depot
in this city Saturday evening. When
brought up by the officers he was permitted
to walk along the platform in hopes that
the person who had urged him to the deed
would appear. They waited for almost
two hours, but no one came to claim the
watch Or reward the murderer
Mrs Lawler was traced TO Iowa by De
tective Mcmahon and brought back to
Anthony for trial. Mosier was taken there
by McMahon and Under Sheriff Brown
and on the trial he stated that he could
not recognize in Mrs. Lawler the woman
whom he claimed had hired him to do the
bloody deed, and so she was acquitted.
Yesterday the doomed man was visited
in his cell and made answers to a number
Of INQUIRIES put to him. During this in
terview he said that the reason he had
remained so cool and apparently so I'M
concerned was that he might be able to bear
mp under the terrible ordeal He had re-
fused to see his mother and sweetheart, not
from meanness, as has been alleged against
hut ba hot la
break down at the sight of them His par
ents he deeply loved-in speaking of them
his eyes filed with tears-for they were the
best and Doblest of Gods creation. 1t was
of them that ne thought and cared now;
for himself the world had nothing and he
did not care much if he did die But the
disgrace that would fall upon his mother
and father was what what wrung his heart
He also eXonerated Mrs. Lawler from
any completely in the murder, and
threw forth hint as to his mo-
tive. that may be revealed in his posthumous
letter. When urged to make further con-
fessiOn he said that he would spend the re-
mainder OF the day in writing a letter
which he would deliver to a gentleman in
the city who has had his confidence during
his confinement, when he assembled the steps
of the gallOws.
Last night ne retired at 1910, and at
o'clock the officers reported him sleeping
All the preliminary preparations have
been made, the execution will, Deputy
SHERIFF says, take place about 10 o'clock.
Only the members of the press physicians,
and the county and L. S. executive officials
will be admitted within the enclos-
IRE. Deputies Geo. F Sheriff,
J. B. Koutz, T. F. Prior and
Baliff Henry ballard of the [. S court
will he present, while the members of the
press will include representatives of pa
pers of Wichita, as well as of several ad-
joining places.